This week we did things a little differently. I caught a glimpse of my old favorite Arthur episode “D.W. The Picky Eater” on television last week, found the book version I shared in first grade where in the Children’s Menu, the “Pirate Pita Pocket” gave me a Blair Warner brilliant idea. We love watching cooking game shows together when Big Brother has the night off. This time, we did a version of Worst Cooks in America with a criterion like Cutthroat Kitchen with points for creativity, so it’s easier to convert to a percentage. Creativity is becoming increasingly important in culinary ARTS.
Does it look great?
Does it taste great?
Is it creative?
Does it remind me of a pita pocket?
A whole, half or zero point value can be given for each category. We will grade ourselves as well as each other’s pitas and then average them out for a final score.
Ladies first, my darling.
Lauren’s Greek Lobster Pita
I originally wanted to do salmon with olives and arugula, but when I saw the lobster, I was reminded of the creamy lobster roll I had in Boston. I used seaweed salad as a creative stretch to avoid seasoning. I let it sit in a hot pan first so it wouldn’t be too soggy. (That didn’t exactly work, but I tried) and used a garlic-free tzatziki sauce with some sweet nutty artigiano cheese said to have been soaked in red wine. It had a nice crumble and interesting color to the outside. I’ll bear that in mind for cranberry and apple salads.
Looked inviting and colorful. Yes, it was clean as it could be. There was a sense of order in the layers. Lots of color.
Lots going on. Overwhelmed by seaweed and slightly too much Greek Yogurt. Dill cheese, onion, yogurt lobster blended well and an experience, but muddled by seaweed. No lime. The cheese mixed with the yogurt made it taste like a foot. Try Feta instead, or pickled pepper. There was so much lime juice; it started to disintegrate the yogurt. The onions, lobster and dill work great together with seaweed salad, or with the Greek sauce, but not all at once.
HELL YEAH! Had an idea and stuck with it. Best to stay in one culture. Liked the idea and want to try in future. Yes, this was on point in creativity without going too far out in space. This was interesting and fun.
Yes. Yes. Jeremy Scores: 3.5 Lauren Scores: 3.5 Final score: 3.5/4= 88%
Jeremy’s Gold Doubloon Scallop Pita
Looked sophisticated, like a gourmet dinner inside whole wheat. Clean. Few ingredients. Didn’t like the finished product. Looked all brown note. Lettuce got wilted and off-color.
Tasted only scallops and onions. Where’s the tomato? Needs layering and a wall of lettuce to get that crunch he described. Maybe slice the scallops? Large tomato slices instead of cherry halves. Liked the taste, but the wine needed reduce more. Tomatoes and lettuce could crunch more. Scallops were perfect.
In a sense. Not in the happy go lucky way, but in a beautiful fashion-model way. It was sultry. Going for pirate golden brown. Looked more like rum bottle spilled on it. It fell apart all over.
Yes. Loosely Yes. Lauren Scores 3.5 Jeremy Scores 1.5 Final Score 2.5/4=62.5%
It looks like we have a winner…Lauren Montera!
